Cafés in Hackney
We know of 585 cafés across Hackney. 398 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 83% of those are rated 4 or 5, 265 with the top score of 5. 32 are rated 2 or below. That covers coffee shops and tea rooms too: anywhere serving food or drink is inspected the same way.
Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Hackney
398 of the 585 cafés have a rating. 31 are waiting for a first inspection, usually because they have just opened. The rest aren’t matched to the register yet.
Rated 5, most recently inspected
- Enjoy Cafe London5Inspected 26 Oct 2026
- Tennessee Express5Inspected 26 Oct 2026
- La Duchesse5Inspected 24 Oct 2026
- Crate Bar & Pizzeria5Inspected 21 Oct 2026
- Black Opium Coffee Specialist5Inspected 16 Oct 2026
- Gesya Cafe5Inspected 15 Oct 2026
Rated 2 or below
- Franze and Evans Cafe1Inspected 2 Oct 2026
- My Caf1Inspected 23 Sept 2026
- City Bites kitchen uk1Inspected 4 Sept 2026
- OKAWARI EXPRESS1Inspected 4 Sept 2026
- Ghara1Inspected 21 Jul 2026
- Holy Shot1Inspected 11 Feb 2026
- Cloudy Delight1Inspected 11 Oct 2025
- Pitta Lab1Inspected 6 Mar 2025
Cafés by area
A few to start with
- 46b Espresso Hut Coffee shop 46b Brooksby's Walk, London, E9 6DF 5 Call
- Bake Street Coffee shop 58 Evering Rd, London, N16 7SR 3 Call
- Brags and Brams Cafe 263, 265 Hackney Rd, London, E2 8NA 5 Call
- Bungalows Cafe Hackney Cafe 80 Mare St, London, E8 3SG 5 Call
- Cafe Route Cafe Gaumont Tower, Dalston Square, London, E8 3BQ 5 Call
- Coffee Matters Coffee shop 157 Bethnal Grn Rd, London, E2 7DG 4 Call
- CoffeeLovers Coffee shop Dalston Ln, London, E8 1LX 5 Call
- Costa Coffee Cafe 15 Amhurst Road, London, E8 1LL 5 Call
- Dark Arts Coffee Coffee shop 1- 5 Rosina St, London, E9 6JH 5 Call
- Esters Cafe 55 Kynaston Rd, London, N16 0EB 5 Call
- Fika Cafe 36 Chatsworth Rd, London, E5 0LP 4 Call
- Finch Cafe Cafe 12 Sidworth St, London, E8 3SD 2 Call
- Franze and Evans Cafe Cafe 101 Redchurch St, London, E2 7DL 1 Call
- HELMA Cafe and Wine Cafe 13c Downham Rd, London, N1 5AA 5 Call
- Holy Shot Coffee shop 155 Bethnal Grn Rd, London, E2 7DG 1 Call
- Kybelle Cafe Cafe 62 Great Eastern St, London, EC2A 3QR 5 Call
- Marina Cafe Cafe 422 Mare St, London, E8 1HP 4 Call
- Millfields Coffee Coffee shop 145 Chatsworth Rd, London, E5 0LA 5 Call
- Nkora Coffee Coffee shop 21 Hackney Rd, London, E2 7NX 4 Call
- Premises Cafe and Bistro Cafe 209 Hackney Rd, London, E2 8JL 4 Call
- Pret A Manger Coffee shop 128 Shoreditch High St, London, E1 6JE 5 Call
- Saint Espresso Coffee shop Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 13 E Bay Ln, London, E20 3BS 5 Call
- Sapid Coffee Coffee shop 168 Stoke Newington Church St, London, N16 0JL 5 Call
- Shepherdess Cafe Cafe 221 City Rd, London, EC1V 1JN 5 Call
Questions people ask
Do coffee shops get food hygiene ratings?
Yes. A café or coffee shop is a food business, so the council inspects it and rates it from 0 to 5 like any restaurant. The very lowest-risk places, selling only drinks and packaged snacks, may be marked exempt instead.
Which cafés in Hackney have the top hygiene rating?
265 of the 398 rated cafés across Hackney scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include Enjoy Cafe London, Tennessee Express and La Duchesse.
What does “awaiting inspection” mean?
A new food business has to register with the council at least 28 days before it opens, and is rated at its first inspection, which can be some weeks after opening. Until then the register shows it as awaiting inspection. 31 of the cafés across Hackney are in that position.
Where do I find a café’s rating?
Many cafés put the sticker in the window or by the till, but in England they don’t have to. Every rating is on the Food Standards Agency’s website, and on each café’s page here.
Other things people look for
Food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency, checked every night. Listings from Overture Maps, the Food Standards Agency and © OpenStreetMap contributors. Missing one? Tell us.